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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Staff Reporter<\/b> – FORMER President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s political nemesis-turned-comrade, Blessing Chebundo says people must not construe his decision to ditch the main opposition as an act of betrayal.<\/p>\n

Addressing a Zanu PF district party leadership at Kwekwe District Offices where 500 former MDC members Friday reportedly joined Zanu PF, Chebundo said his decision to join former rivals was not only bold but also came after some soul searching and a realisation that the opposition\u2019s confrontational politics was not only destructive but also retrogressive.<\/p>\n

Chebundo ditched MDC together with another senior member Lillian Timveous.<\/p>\n

They are part of a handful former MDC top politicians who have made a beeline recently to be part of their once bitter rivals.<\/p>\n

Said the former Kwekwe lawmaker, \u201cIn February this year, I had what is called soul searching. This was after taking stock of what was happening in opposition politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met with my sister Timveous and we decided to look for solutions and joining Zanu PF was part of the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chebundo said the main opposition in Zimbabwe was divided.<\/p>\n

\u201cMDC as an opposition party is now 21 years old but we realised we were not going anywhere in the opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we formed MDC, we were still in the first Republic. For the past 3 years in the second Republic, we asked ourselves with Timveous what the end game will be if we continued with confrontational politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past 3 years since President Mnangagwa has been in power, there has been noticeable change. We have seen maturity and wisdom in the leadership of the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Chebundo said he joined Zanu PF as a move to search for solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have moved from MDC to Zanu PF in search for solutions. I want to be part of the solutions not the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe discovered that there is need to be part of the solution and not continue as part of the problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The politician, famed for dealing some humiliating poll defeats on Mnangagwa when the latter was still scrambling for parliamentary seats with the rest, said joining Zanu PF was not a minor decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cZimbabwe will continue to have problems; it will not have a good future if we continue to have confrontational politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is need for boldness in Zimbabwe, there is need to remove pride in our politics, there is need to remove a mentality of saying I sold out when you join progressive forces,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Chebundo was adamant he did not sell out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing to sell out. I did not sell out. We have to put Zimbabwe first. This is history being made. This is not a mean number to have 500 people willing to join Zanu PF, to beef up Zimbabwe solutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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